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HPS
Title: HPS
Category: Literature / English
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HPS
ŕHantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
HPS is a virus and an infectious respiratory disease caused by the Hantavirus, a Biosafety Level 4 pathogen, which could probably be found in your own back yard. Without the proper care, HPS is a typically fatal. This “hantavirus” belongs a group of RNA virii related to the family Bunyaviridae and, depending on its nature, may be the etiological agent for one of two acute illnesses: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and hemorrhagic …showed first 75 words of 1036 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1036 total…cases have been reported from areas outside the Four Corners area.
About three-quarters of patients with HPS have been residents of rural areas.
Cases of HPS have also been reported in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay, making this syndrome a pan-American zoonosis.
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**Bibliography**
1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05633.html
2. http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hanta/hantafaq.html
3. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/noframes/casemap.htm
4. www.hantavirus.com
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